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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

SOLVED: gPodder does this. I really should have known this.

I'm trying to be a little more deliberate about my media consumption, and less reliant on my phone, so I recently picked up a dedicated audio player. I have the music side sorted, but the other thing I listen to a lot is podcasts. So, what I'm looking for is a desktop podcast client that can download new episodes and track listens, but also transfer podcasts to the player. Somewhat like how desktop music players let you manage a device from within the app. From what I've seen, there's a lot of nice clients out there that do the first two, but I can't find anything that does the third one. Or alternatively, I don't have any particular loyalty to desktop music players, so one of those with device management that can also do podcasts would work too.

The player shows up as USB mass storage, so I'm not opposed to doing the syncing via a file manager or script, I'd just prefer not to have to.

EDIT: Linux

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[-] chris@lemmy.grey.fail 7 points 1 month ago

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I host an instance of Audiobookshelf on my LAN. It pulls podcasts via RSS automatically. Handles metadata. Accessable everywhere. Has a web and phone client (again, the phone's not what you need, but it's there).

Runs well on a Pi. With docker, you'd be set up in minutes.

[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Actually that's something I hadn't considered. I do have a Jellyfin / *arr setup, there might be something in that ecosystem that does at least part of what I want.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

Audiobookshelf is what I do as well, for audio books and for podcasts.

Chaptarr may end up being the solution as far as arr stacks , but TBD on that, its not yet fit for public consumption.

Otherwise, audiobookbay is a solid option.

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Gpodder has been around for ages and can do what you're looking for. It's probably in your distro's repository.

[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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I had no idea gPodder could do that. I'd never tried it, just assumed it was mostly for playing and syncing with the web service.

Thanks!

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